In Windows Explorer, it's refused to create dot files for a long time - stupid restriction but it's in Explorer only, as far as I know. The file system will let you create dot files just fine. You can create the files in Emacs itself, or Notepad, or on the command-line (using 'copy con' redirected to the dot file you want).
hth, Rob On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Michael Mossey <m...@alumni.caltech.edu>wrote: > I'm a brand-new Win 7 user. Previously have used Emacs on Win XP with no > problems. In Win 7, I seem unable to create a file in c:\ named ".emacs". > The OS refuses to recognize this as a valid filename. What should I do? > > Thanks, > Mike > > >
